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For instance, I blend my spices and store then in the fridge, I blend lots of onions and store, lots of garlic and store, cilantro, green peppers and tomatos goes togheter abd store. I add seasoning to all my meat and store. So when I get home I just fry sone onions and garlic that is already cutted dump it all in a pan and let the stoven do the rest. Maybe I can pre-wash all the rice? Lol you never know. I want to know tips so I can be more time with my baby since I wilo be returning to workbthis week.

I make hamburgers and freeze them the way my family likes them. I defrost in the fridge but the mixing of burgers is a bit messy so that part is done.

I started keeping lysol wipes in the bathrooms. We have old porcelain so it requires more than that, but it keeps it neat at least for in-between. I also put larger trash cans in the kids room that use full-sized bags. And extra bags live upstairs. Just keeping duplicate supplies where you need them helps us.

I pick one area of the house each weekday to clean and set a timer for 30 minutes. Once 30 minutes is up, I'm done cleaning for that day. My house is far from spotless but this system is a manageable way to keep the house from getting too gross.

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"GO TO BED OR I AM ACTUALLY GOING TO DIE AND THEN HAUNT YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE AS A TERRIFYING CLOWN."

My other huge time saver is planning my kids clothes out for the entire week on Sundays. I bought each kid a set of plastic drawers and labeled each with the days of the week. I fill all the drawers on Sunday (including the extra drawer for extracurricular activities planned for that week). That way I don't have to worry about keeping track of which days my kids have gym or have spirit days for school. I'm not running around the house in between work and practice trying to hunt down baseball socks or a clean pair of underwear. I think about all of this stuff once on Sunday and forget about it.

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"GO TO BED OR I AM ACTUALLY GOING TO DIE AND THEN HAUNT YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE AS A TERRIFYING CLOWN."

I hire out as much as I can. I do surface level cleaning everyday and like another poster I keep lysol wipes in almost every room for quick dusting/cleaning. I love disposable wipes.

I hired a chef for cooking so I don't do it anymore. That also saves me time because I rarely go grocery shopping unless we need milk or eggs. We have a guy that cuts the grass and a cleaner that comes once a month to dust and clean the bathrooms.

For general cleaning I typically put things away when DH (dear husband) puts DD (dear daughter) to bed. It only takes a few minutes each day. I pay bills as soon as I get them (usually as I'm opening the mail I pay the bills with my bank app on my phone) and I file them immediately. I find it's just easier to do things right away than it is to let anything pile up. The chef is my real key though, I actually enjoy cooking when I have time, but I don't have time on weeknights.

I would not try to prewash all your rice. However, a programmable rice cooker is fantastic. We have one, and I can wash the rice and set up the rice cooker in the morning, and it will turn on and cook the rice and have it ready by a set time in the evening. Same for a crockpot.

Cooking large batches of food helps a lot. So one night, say you cook a huge pot of curry or instead of one lasagna, cook two. Then you can freeze or just keep the rest for leftovers.

Meal planning and prepping food ahead of time helps a lot. Also keeping meals fairly simple. Like DH (dear husband) is cooking steaks, baby potatoes, and broccoli with cheese sauce tonight. This is a meal that requires very little preparation at all.

Hire out as much as you can. We have a housekeeping service every other Wednesday and a gardening service every Thursday. I use Instacart to deliver from Costco and sometimes from the grocery.

Also, decluttering and getting rid of things helps tremendously. If you are always looking for a place to put things, then it slows you way down on keeping the house tidy.

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~~Michele~~mommy to Mason, aka The Bean!, June 27, 2008and Declan, aka The Sprout!, August 11, 2009

I have been out of work for quite a while (new job starts later this month, yay!) and I created an Excel spreadsheet for all my stuff. I like knowing when's the last time I cleaned the bathrooms, and it allowed me to break down chores. Toilets and sinks get cleaned on a different schedule than showers and tubs, which are on a different schedule than bathroom floors. It took me a while to catch up so that now I'm on a comfortable rotation. And if I notice, say, that the kitchen floor needs to be cleaned more or less often, I can adjust it in the spreadsheet. The spreadsheet includes columns for "Last Done" and "Due", which uses a formula to calculate the due date.

Other tips - someone once suggested doing one load of laundry a night, and it's great. I meal plan with plantoeat.com. I use Cozi to organize our calendars, and 2 8x10 picture frames to create a dry erase This Week/Next Week by the back door. I can glance up and see that I'm supposed to send 12 red apples to school with DS, for example.

Dishes everyday to keep the amount down. There may not be enough to run a whole load but depending on how small the load is or if we’re low on something like utensils then I’ll run it anyways.

Laundry is pretty much everyday. Here and there schedules will not allow this. For me, if I have a short shift I will do clothes. If I have a long shift then I do things like towels and bedding since they don’t take as long to sort and put away.

Supper...I make some things ahead of time on Sunday so we just warm it up. The slow cooker is amazing. And then easy recipes for days we have heavy schedules.

We have an IRobot which vacuums everyday. Ok....I swear don’t laugh at me but I’m going to tell you what else I do....I get the leaf blower to push things out from under furniture. Some days I’m like ‘how in the hell did all this get under there’ lol I’ve tried brooms and the hose on vacuums...the leaf blower has been amazing. 😂 We also sweep and vacuum but the IRobot makes it look good in between.

We use Cozi for the calendar and lists (grocery, household items, toiletries, etc). That thing is amazing. We’re color coded so we can keep us all straight (there’s 6 of us between SO, the kids, and I). We can look on there and see exactly what each of us has and we can add or delete to keep it up-to-date.

Deep cleans are done on days we have off. We tend to pick 1-2 big project a week. For instance, organize the garage, organize the basement, etc.

How do you guys have enough laundry to do every day? Maybe we're just gro...

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10/11/2018

How do you guys have enough laundry to do every day? Maybe we're just gross. We do clothes laundry once a week (one dark load one other load), towels every 2 - 4 weeks, and sheets once a month.

I'm with you on this. I feel like I would be forever running tiny little annoying loads of laundry. Plus, if I try to do it every day, I inevitably miss a day and leave a load sitting too long in the wash. I am a huge fan of knocking it all out in one day.....and then not thinking about it again for a week!

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"GO TO BED OR I AM ACTUALLY GOING TO DIE AND THEN HAUNT YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE AS A TERRIFYING CLOWN."

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